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IS destruction of Iraqi base could hinder Mosul operation
QAYARA AIR BASE, Iraq (AP) -- The air base that Iraqi forces hope to use as a staging area to take Mosul back from the Islamic State group was almost completely destroyed by the retreating militants, raising new doubts over whether the long-awaited operation will begin this year....
Oil wells south of Mosul burn days after key town retaken
QAYARA, Iraq (AP) -- The skies above this small northern Iraqi town are black with smoke and ash rains down from around a half dozen oil wells that Islamic State group fighters set ablaze as Iraqi troops moved in to retake Qayara last week....
Former Iraqi soldier charged with war crimes by Germany
BERLIN (AP) -- German prosecutors say they have charged a former Iraqi soldier with war crimes on allegations he posed for a photo holding the severed heads of two Islamic State fighters killed in combat.... |
